As much as Walmart might render its supply chain more efficient, shipping thousands of tons of excessive plastic paraphernalia and food half way around the world is, in and of itself, a massive ecological catastrophe (Rosenthal 2008), and its ultimate costs will be borne by the anonymous "at risk" of the world, who suffer the most acute effects of erratic climate change, endemic ecological toxicity and resource depletion.

Max Haiven, Cultures of Financialization, loc. 306